Salt Lake City Fashion Stylist

Happy Boxing Day. In honor of all the new pretties procured during the preceding winter holidays, please partake in the pursuing primer on mixing and matching.

Uniforms have a delightfully useful purpose. Identifying the person who delivers your mail, changes your bed pan, or brings you nourishment. Avoiding confusion between these services with a simple visual identification can only be called crucial. However, some things in life should not be oversimplified. You, for example: a many-tricked pony, incapable of being tamed by a single definition. It is reprehensible for you to wear the same blouse with the same trousers every time you retrieve them from your closet.

Let your wardrobe crossbreed. Have you seen what happens when cousins take a liking to each other? Allow some diversity into your ensembles and breed a prosperous wardrobe. Mixing & matching allows you to have a vast set of outfitting options without requiring an Imelda Marcos wardrobe scope. In essence, mixing and matching is a money saver, dispensing a new outfit rush without draining a dime for the fix. For debt, my lovelies, is never attractive.

Beginning Mix & Matching: Use Color as an AccentPair a muted neutral trouser with a vibrant color that suits your complexion. Or take a solid dress and pair it with a dramatically hued shoe. Matching is not a prerequisite. And layering during reduced temperatures is both practical and pretty.

Intermediate Mix & Matching: Yes Paula, Opposites do AttractA story without conflict is boring. We don’t necessarily want an outfit villain, but maybe just an outfit trouble maker. Someone in your ensemble that induces interest. Create some chromatic conflict by pairing one color with it’s opposite or complement on the color wheel. Or dramatize a demure solid with a shameless pattern.

Advanced Mix & Matching: Or how not to look like Carmen MirandaDespite what people who aren’t right like me will say, you can weave multiple patterns into a single ensemble. The trick is choosing lead motifs and supporting ornamentation. Prima Donnas are singular. Keep all your patterns in the same color family for further sophistication. The more colors you introduce, the greater chance you have of looking like a chiquita banana advertisement.

Below is an ensemble example of the mix & match principles.

Whirliwig Cowlneck: The draping neckline on this buttery soft, solid peacock knit is prefect for peeking out under a cardigan or jumper. (It also tucks into a skirt beautifully)Autumn Song Hoodie: Colorful, embroidered buds around your finger keepers give you a wealth of outfitting possibilities.